花时间花時間

huā shí jiān

Meaning

to take up time; to spend time

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花huāflower, blossom; to spend (time or money)艹化时shítime, season; period, era, age日寸间jiānbetween, among; midpoint; space, place, locality门日

Examples

这要花时间。

zhè yào huā shí jiān。

This may take a while.

我凭什么花时间做这事？

wǒ píng shén me huā shí jiān zuò zhè shì？

Why should I take the time to do that?

我喜欢花时间和Tom在一起。

wǒ xǐ huan huā shí jiān hé T o m zài yī qǐ。

I love spending time with Tom.